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Managing director Stephen Burt said: “We were thrilled that we were able to conclude the consultation – it’s been a tough year and a half for the staff.

“The key thing for me is that we’ve got to gain some momentum about the place and they will start taking some pride in it again.

“Now we’re looking to set up a national distribution hub and one of the potential sites is Prestwick Airport.

“If we can set up a deal to use some of the government owned buildings there, I think that would be the perfect place.”

We revealed in April last year that staff at the Grangestone Industrial Estate site – formerly known as BDF Surgical – received an internal memo revealing plans to cut costs by moving operations to China.